Tag Archives: business
Facebook is reinventing the Web
The announcements earlier today at the f8 conference and some of the recent features already launched really shed light on how Facebook is moving beyond what Google has accomplished and reinventing the Web. This article on GigaOm puts what Facebook … Continue reading
3D TV: the latest stupid idea?
Sorry, but I just don’t get the hype behind 3D TV’s! I’m with Steve Hodson and many others on this one. Sony, Samsung, Panasonic and virtually every other TV manufacturer are rushing to bring them into your local BestBuy, while … Continue reading
Social media goes dark on Palo Alto plane crash
Its comforting to see that there is still some common decency left despite the seemingly total transparency that social media facilitates. Yesterday the pilot and passengers of a small aircraft were killed when their plane hit some power lines and … Continue reading
Tech start-ups in Melbourne?
G’day. In early November I am heading to Melbourne, Australia for week to work with a start-up there I am advising. If anyone knows of other interesting start-ups I should check out while down-under please let me know in the … Continue reading
Moving on….
For a little over a year I have been at Zuberance, initially as an Advisor to guide and support the company through its first venture round, and later as VP Business Operations, where I managed pretty much every aspect of … Continue reading
Surreal video. Happy? Then go shopping.
Makes you squim in your seat, but give it a few minutes and you’ll see its worth watching.
Want to know the cheapest way to reduce your utility bill?
We recently bought and installed a Hills Supafold clothes line on the side of our house. It has ample room for two washes, and given the weather here in N. California it’s at most an hour before we have lovely … Continue reading
Technology to make bad parents even worse.
I’m not at the TechCrunch50 conference going on this week here in San Francisco but have kept abreast of the companies pitching their business via the TC site and others. Two companies launched yesterday that made me wince; Story Something … Continue reading
Vicious cycle of decline
You know those coupon flyers you find inside your daily newspaper – you still get a daily newspaper don’t you!? Well chance are they are courtesy of Valassis. But, much like the paper itself, you won’t be seeing them for … Continue reading
Private/Pubic Divide
Cheltenham and Gloucester, a UK building society (credit union), just announced 1,600 layoffs; meanwhile the London Tube strike continues, following the breakdown of talks over the reinstatement of 2 (TWO) workers. Are the two sides living on different planets? In … Continue reading
